Sheffield Wednesday: 2017/18 FULL fixture list - When is the first Steel City derby?

Dom Howson, Multimedia Sports Reporter

Sheffield Wednesday will kick off their Championship campaign with a trip to Preston North End on Saturday, August 5.

The Owls, play-off semi-finalists last year, were held to a 1-1 draw at Deepdale last season, with Lilywhites old boy Adam Reach grabbing a last-gasp equaliser.

Carlos Carvalhal's side will then play three matches on the spin at home. After hosting Chesterfield in the first round of the League Cup, Wednesday entertain Queens Park Rangers on August 12 followed by a Hillsborough tussle with Sunderland, who finished bottom of the Premier League last term.